The Arctic region is warming at a faster rate compared to other parts of the Earth. The rapid loss of sea ice alters the ...

For decades, scientists have searched for clues to how life first emerged on Earth. Many theories focus on simple molecules reacting in water or on fragile protocells drifting in ancient seas. A new ...

The climate is changing and nowhere is it changing faster than at Earth's poles. Researchers at Penn State have painted a ...

Water is all around us, yet its surface layer—home to chemical reactions that shape life on Earth—is surprisingly hard to study. Experiments at SLAC's X-ray laser are bringing it into focus.

After years of observing the weakening of the ozone layer, experts were astonished to notice that the Antarctic ozone hole ...

Could the streaks in the sky and the heat of the sun be signs of a hidden climate experiment? Activists like Dane Wigington ...

The largest single-day size for the 2025 hole occurred on September 9, when it expanded to 8.83 million square miles (22.86 ...

Students will face more competency-based questions, including case studies, data interpretation, source-based items, and ...

Scientists believe if the trend continues, the ozone layer is expected to recover later this century. The Antarctic ozone layer is showing signs of recovery, reaching an annual maximum of 8.83 million ...

Efforts to limit ozone-depleting chemical compounds had a significant impact. The ozone hole over the Antarctic is significantly smaller in 2025 than in previous years, ranking as the fifth-smallest ...

Ozone exposure can cause coughing, sore or scratchy throat, pain on deep breaths, difficulty breathing deeply, airway inflammation and damage, and greater susceptibility to infections, according to ...

As private companies race to make spaceflight routine, Earth’s upper atmosphere has become an unintended testing ground. Each launch is a triumph of human ingenuity, but behind that brilliance lies a ...